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by Tempogain
Tue Mar 11, 2008 4:50 am
Forum: Hokkien (Minnan) language
Topic: Giving away (of children)
Replies: 5
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I forgot to say that there was one very common reason for physically giving children away, quite independent of clashes in horoscope. If a couple was childless, or specifically did not have a son (or sometimes, a daughter), then one of the siblings of the couple might "give" one of the ch...